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hi all,,,,please dont be offended by what i am about to ask,,,,,, is there anyone on the wirral that is shooting foxes :hmm: :hmm: the reason i ask is i have been asked if i can supply a head of a large animal,,pref a fox so as it can be boiled to get the skeleton so as the people at the art school can have a go at drawing it,,or does anyone already have a fox head that has been skeletonised,,if thats the word,,i know it sounds strange but i have supplied them with all sorts (wild of coarse) and now they are looking for something bigger,,even something like a badger or deer head only(skeletonized or not) doubt any of you will have deer from the wirral :hmm: :hmm: i know this sounds strange but the lady that runs the coarses has just asked me so thats why i,m asking for your help,,,,,,,,,,,,, thanks in advance,,,,,,Evo :good: :good:

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hi mart,thanks for the offer mate but she is looking at keeping whatever is given,,,would hate to have it damaged mate or stolen wouldn,t know what to say bud,, but thanks again for the offer,,,,, :good: :good: cheers,evo

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I would photograph and document the scene before taking the skull to be safe

 

1992 badger act....

 

 

1 Taking, injuring or killing badgers.

 

(1)A person is guilty of an offence if, except as permitted by or under this Act, he wilfully kills, injures or takes, or attempts to kill, injure or take, a badger.

(2)If, in any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) above consisting of attempting to kill, injure or take a badger, there is evidence from which it could reasonably be concluded that at the material time the accused was attempting to kill, injure or take a badger, he shall be presumed to have been attempting to kill, injure or take a badger unless the contrary is shown.

(3)A person is guilty of an offence if, except as permitted by or under this Act, he has in his possession or under his control any dead badger or any part of, or anything derived from, a dead badger.

(4)A person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (3) above if he shows that—

(a)the badger had not been killed, or had been killed otherwise than in contravention of the provisions of this Act or of the M1Badgers Act 1973; or

(b)the badger or other thing in his possession or control had been sold (whether to him or any other person) and, at the time of the purchase, the purchaser had had no reason to believe that the badger had been killed in contravention of any of those provisions.

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I would photograph and document the scene before taking the skull to be safe

 

1992 badger act....

 

 

1 Taking, injuring or killing badgers.

 

(1)A person is guilty of an offence if, except as permitted by or under this Act, he wilfully kills, injures or takes, or attempts to kill, injure or take, a badger.

(2)If, in any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) above consisting of attempting to kill, injure or take a badger, there is evidence from which it could reasonably be concluded that at the material time the accused was attempting to kill, injure or take a badger, he shall be presumed to have been attempting to kill, injure or take a badger unless the contrary is shown.

(3)A person is guilty of an offence if, except as permitted by or under this Act, he has in his possession or under his control any dead badger or any part of, or anything derived from, a dead badger.

(4)A person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (3) above if he shows that—

(a)the badger had not been killed, or had been killed otherwise than in contravention of the provisions of this Act or of the M1Badgers Act 1973; or

(b)the badger or other thing in his possession or control had been sold (whether to him or any other person) and, at the time of the purchase, the purchaser had had no reason to believe that the badger had been killed in contravention of any of those provisions.

interesting nick thanks for clarifying that...i got a mate who uses roadkill now and then

regards

john

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bi9 johnny,,,got home last night bud and at 1.30 this morning sitting in living room and the back security light comes on and guess what :hmm: :hmm: the biggest fox i have ever seen appears with something in its mouth,looked like a rat or something,,could not believe my eyes shouted the carer out who was in the house and we sat and watched the fox just calmly walk round the garden happily,,what makes me laugh is i have never seen a fox ever in our garden ,,i put the post on and one cheekly appears :lol: :lol: total classic mate :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Don't forget it is illegal to possess a badgers skull (I kid you not)

 

A mate of mine has got two badger cub heads on shields, in his shed. They were given to him back in the 1980's by his friend, who was practicing to be a Taxidermist (now fully qualified)

These were taken from genuine road kills. Would he be prosecuted for having these?

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A mate of mine has got two badger cub heads on shields, in his shed. They were given to him back in the 1980's by his friend, who was practicing to be a Taxidermist (now fully qualified)

These were taken from genuine road kills. Would he be prosecuted for having these?

i think it's one of them prove how you come by it things steve

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The law states that it is an offence to have a badger skull unless the owner can prove that the badger was legal aquired. Most taxidermists have a log book system that records where it was found or who donated the specimen thus proving the legality of the specimen. You would have to really have upset the law to get the book thrown at you for possessing such items (including article 10 CITIES species - ie birds of prey etc).

 

This log book is considered legal and acceptable documentation as a proof of provinace pm if you wish to have a copy of a standard logbook sheet

 

Regards

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I had a search and here he is.

I glued the teeth and tusks back in any way.

 

Yours' if you want him as he is one of the smaller ones I have.

cooter pm sent mate,,cant thank you enough,,cheers bud owe ya one thanks again :good: :good: :good: :good: :good:

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It went in the post this morning.

Just hope the post office take care of it. :o

 

Be nice to maybe see one of the drawings of it some time. :good:

 

 

 

Cooter :)

certainly will mate,,i,ll put a picture of the first one on here ,,you,ll be amazed just how good they are,,thanks again,,cheers evo

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So are you prepared to do the boiling out work yourself? If so I could hack the head off of the next Fox I shoot and send it to you in a box - wouldn't want to be the one to open it after a couple of days mind, they smell bad enough when they're alive! :lol:

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So are you prepared to do the boiling out work yourself? If so I could hack the head off of the next Fox I shoot and send it to you in a box - wouldn't want to be the one to open it after a couple of days mind, they smell bad enough when they're alive! :lol:

 

I was asked for a full fox about two years ago.

 

I got the animal and handed it to the recipent within twenty four hours, very tightly bagged up.

I had been driving with the windows down even though it was raining.

 

The guy wondered why I was standing outside my car when we met up as the weather was pretty bad.

They smell bad at the best of times, but this thing was rotten by the time it got to him.

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